Improvement im gawg-plows



w`.B.QU1CK. Y Improvement nGang-Plows NoY H5 63@` Patented June 6,1371.

WILLIAM s. QUICK, QE BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT in enne-FLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,639, dated June 6, 1871.

To all whom it Amay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. QUICK, of Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have made a certain new and useful Improved Gang-Plow; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and true description thereof, reference .being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates chiey to the peculiar arrangement and combination of parts forming a locking device by which the plows can be retained in position so as to plow in a uniform depth, as willnow Inore fully be described.

To enable those herein skilled to make and use my said improved gang-plow, I will now more fully describe the same, referring to the accompanying- Figure l. as a sectional elevation, to Fig. 2 as a top plan, and to Fig. 3 as a front elevation.

Same letters indicate same parts in the different gures.

In said ligures, Ais thefratne, secured to axle A", which is supported upon wh eels B in manner usual. Secured to therear of axle A are guides c, in which the slide-bar U is fitted to slide, and to which I hinge in any proper Ina-nner the plow-beams D, carrying plows D'. The seatframe E I secure to axle A'. Between said frame I have arranged and supported a footboard,E1, propped by a prop, e, and extending somewhat back ot' seat-frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The foot-boardE1- carries seat E2, secured tc a spring-bar in manner usual.,

In order to gage the depth of the plows Ihave attached to the seat-frame E, on both sides, the hand-levers F, pvoted at f, and connecting by links f' to the slide-bar C, said levers operating and engaging in notched segments F', secured to seat-frame E and frame A, as clearly shown in Fig. l. -'Ilo the top of seatframe E I have hinged a movable frame, G,

and connected same, by link or rod attachment, g, to plow-beams D so as to raise same. In order to retain the plows in required position so as to plow in a uniform depth, (when said plows are gaged as to depth,) I have provided the movable frame G with a rod which forms a hand-lever, H, and shaft It, secured in journals 71, to said frame, in manner shown in Fig. 2. To said shaft h I secure the rod I, carrying at its end a friction-roller, I1, and

bent at z' so as to form a hook to engage in aV slotted standard, I2, secured to foot-board E1. (See Figs. l and 2.) The operator or plowman, lifting hand-lever II, can thus readily lock the plows in position to plovi7 in a steady plane by causing the hooked lever I to engage in the slots of standard I2. The tongue J I pivot to a Clovis-joint, j, to axle A. To the front of frame A I secure a slotted frame, J', through which the tongue passes and is supported. The angular movement is imparted to the frames and plows by a connecting-rod, K, secured to tongue J, and the end of a hand-lever, K1, pivoted at 7c, and operating in a notched segment-bar, K2, secured to frame A, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. It is plain that the operator moving the hand-lever K1 can thus readily vary, laterally, the frame and plows, so as to take as much or as little land as desired.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim is- The combination and arrangement of the seat-frame E, foot-boardV E1, movable frame G connected to plow-beams D, leversh aft H carrying hook-rod I, with friction-roller I?, sub` stantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

. WILLIAM BLQIIIGII.

Witnesses:

WILLI-ALI W. HEnrnEL, J. W. HERTHEL. 

